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Breastfeeding while pregnant is safe so if that works for you and your toddler, great. If, on the other hand, you're thinking that it's time to wean your toddler, be prepared for some tough going—and follow these tips from babble.
1. Distract Your Toddler. When your child wants to nurse, suggest playing a game or doing something else fun instead. If she associates nursing with being at home, get out of the house.
2. Give Her Something Else to Drink—or Suck. Try a cup (or bottle or pacifier, if you like), and fill it with milk or juice. Then sit with your child and read or cuddle so she doesn't feel she's losing the intimacy of nursing.
3. Talk to Your Child. Tell her no milk at night (or during the day), and explain that as kids get older they don't need to nurse as much or at all. Don't talk about the new baby's arrival yet.
Have you weaned a toddler? Got any tips you'd like to share?
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Comments 3
My toddler was two years old and I didn't wean him when i got pregnant with my third baby. I regret having weaned my daughter when I got pregnant with my first son. She was 18 months and not ready to wean. I would rather nurse through pregnancy and tandem nurse untily my nursing toddler decides to self-wean then wean because of pregnancy.
There's a lot more to consider than just the physical act, such as that the child may really resent the new baby as they'll remember nursing if they're weaned during the pregnancy. Nursing two can actually help PREVENT jealously.
If you HAVE to wean for medical reasons, I think the emotional reasons are the biggest thing that needs to be addressed... but I would never introduce a bottle or pacifier to a toddler. I also would not tell her big kids don't nurse. That's not true or accurate or perpetuates the myth that toddlers don't need to nurse even in small child's mind. Instead, be honest - explain that it's really hurting Mommy right now, or that is does things to Mommy's body that could actually hurt her right now, etc.
There was significantly less jealousy with my two sons who tandem nursed then with my daughter and older son when I weaned my daughter because I was pregnant. My son was already 2 years old when I got pregnant so when there were times that it hurt too much he was very accomodating.